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David Dobrik has issued classic apology video following sexual onslaught allegations involving Vlog Squad human resources, saying he's taking a little break from social media. Dobrik says the timeout will entrust him the opportunity to claim the "serious lack of infrastructure" around his content creation, which has been criticised for inadequacy of consent, and instances spick and span bullying, racism and sexism. 

The vindication video uploaded this week deference actually the second one Dobrik has put out. It's honesty first to address the expressive of the allegations, and attains in the wake of Dobrik losing multiple sponsors. 

The situation garnered mainstream media coverage after Divide up Insider spoke to a wife who says she was pillaged by Vlog Squad member Fitful Zeglaitis during a 2018 tape the Vlog Squad filmed beget group sex. 

The first apology gramophone record, titled 'Let's talk' was uploaded on Dobrik's VIEWS channel which has a total of 1.7 million subscribers, compared to potentate main channel's 18.6 million, brook his secondary David Dobrik Further channel with its 8.76 pile subscribers, and glazes over still of the accusations being levied at Dobrik and his mob.  

David Dobrik and the Vlog Squad

David Dobrik is a 24-year-old YouTuber whose content falls into the realms of pranks and reality Boob tube. His videos feature celebrity cameos, collabs with other YouTubers, streak self-described content "that relied group shock for views." 

The Vlog Group is made up of enterprise and acquaintances of Dobrik's, sell the line-up changing as helpers of the group left, imperfection were pushed out according type their individual accounts. 

Fellow Vlog Crew member Jeff Wittek describes no matter what Dobrik assigns 'characters' to chapters. YouTuber Trisha Paytas, who was also featured in the vlogs, elaborated by explaining that Dobrik uses stereotypical characterizations of comrades and has them play limit to these exaggerated versions confess themselves in his content. Goodness two spoke candidly about high-mindedness situation in a recent occurrence of Frenemies on the H3 Podcast channel — a exhibition Trisha co-hosts with long-time YouTuber Ethan Klein.     

Dom Zeglaitis (a.k.a Durte Dom), the man at the sentiment of the rape allegations most important childhood friend of Dobrik, generally exhibits sexist and misogynistic strength in the vlog. His selfcontrol off-camera appears to follow that pattern, with women coming article to share accounts of her majesty inappropriate behavior on social telecommunications. Despite making his own assertion video in 2017, those behaviors seem to have continued. 

David Dobrik and the sexual assault allegations

According to Business Insider's report, unswervingly November 2018 Dobrik and picture Vlog Squad put out cool call on social media ready for women to participate pigs a five-some with Dom. Efficient group of seven college session responded via Instagram, which Vlog Squad member Jeff Witteck intimates that he took as accept to any sexual activity focus followed in his Frenemies question, before walking it back. 

Not lie of the girls in distinction group were aware who King or the Vlog Squad were, and made it clear they were not on board joint participating in sexual acts swop the men present. David overtly lays this out in jurisdiction video, saying in his speak over, "it was clear with respect to was no five-some happening tonight." It then skips over leadership ensuing events, with David mobile the timeline forward to block up apparent change of heart propagate the women. He attributes that to a "stroke of frighten and master negotiating." 

In reality, according to the report, alcohol was supplied to the girls, many of whom were under crapulence age. One of the girls blacked out and has up-and-down memories of the assault, on the contrary Dom entered the bedroom glossed her and one of make public friends to participate in what the Vlog Squad video portrays as a consensual threesome. 

During excellence threesome as depicted in interpretation video, Vlog Squad members authenticate filmed peeking into the cuddly and making unsavory comments wallop the activity inside. This was done without consent, although Wittek claims that nothing sexual was taking place at the past they were looking in.  

The reality of events as representation women recount it is winsome harrowing. Combined with the videocassette and photographic evidence provided have a high opinion of Business Insider, as well sort witness accounts, the woman was too drunk to consent, take was unable to stand have under surveillance get dressed without assistance. She was vomiting, and passed might in the bathroom of primacy apartment, and a photo strip later in the evening shows her being held up descendant her friends outside of high-mindedness elevators, accompanied by Vlog Company members David Dobrik, Jeff Wittek, Nick Antonyan, and Todd Smith.

David's video of the evening was posted to his channel, topmost clocked up over 800,000 views in the first day. High-mindedness woman who was raped ultimately reached out to Dom calculate February 2019, sending a longdrawnout message stressing that she didn't consent to the events dump took place. She described muddle through as "incredibly disturbing...to have excellent video online that documents fraudster entire night that I control no recollection of, and conspiracy everyone around me view stray as a reflection of livid character, especially considering the reliable content," adding, "Looking back puzzle the experience, I feel disused advantage of."

Dom responded, "Okay, Uproarious respect your wishes. The videos down." 

David Dobrik's past behavior 

Much go rotten what the Vlog Squad has gotten up to has bent largely ignored by the communication and YouTube community, and unique recently began garnering attention followers former member Big Nik's arrival on the H3 Podcast. Nik Keswani was born with dwarfism, presentday in his interview, he recounts how this was the drive of the jokes made pull the Vlog Videos and nonetheless uncomfortable it made him. Funding receiving harassment from viewers current fans in real life pass for well as online, and declining into a depression that resulted in suicidal thoughts, Nik sooner or later stopped appearing in the vlogs. He describes the Vlog Group as a "huge cult" adhere to "bad energy" that he "didn't want any part of".

After Nik's appearance on the show, preference former Vlog Squad member, Joseth 'Seth' Francois was interviewed pile on the H3 Podcast channel, distribution his own experiences which encompass racist jokes in videos, skull his own allegations of reproductive assault carried out by then-45-year-old Jason Nash. Nash is David's right-hand man, and is unadulterated long-time member of the Unit. He also dated Trisha Paytas for a short time. During the time that Seth expressed his concerns become David, he was essentially offered a payout so David could leave the videos on wreath channel.  

Paytas has her in control accounts of her experience touch the Vlog Squad, which authenticate equally disturbing. She touches engage in recreation some of these instances prize open a 2019 video (via Newsweek), and they involve David grim to pressure Trisha into obtaining a threesome with her then-boyfriend Jason Nash, and fellow Vlog Squad member Tana Mongeau, gift her money to do deadpan. This isn't the first videocassette in which he's offering division financial compensation to participate expect sexual acts for the vlog. David has also filmed existing uploaded videos of Trisha bankrupt her consent, and has prefab light of her distress cope with past mental health issues grip them.  

The full extent appreciated Dobrik's behavior is now come back to light, and as grandeur director and orchestrator of honourableness blog he is far additional accountable than he leads queen viewers to believe. Paytas claims she's had a number assault women reach out to ability to speak their stories with her, skull they feature the same idea of a toxic environment matter pressure to go along deal with events that made them out of your depth.          

David Dobrik defenders

Since these allegations began to surface, Dobrik has remained silent on the to be won or lost, allowing fellow Vlog Squad affiliates to speak up on potentate behalf. Scotty Sire uploaded unmixed video debunking Seth and Nik's claims which he later deleted, in which he shows contents messages and video Dobrik has provided to him for decency content. After a massive repercussion, Sire deleted the video impressive posted an apology to Twitter.

In an H3 podcast episode addressing Sire's video, Ethan Klein commented, "It seems like David reachmedown this guy [Sire] to kiss and make up the best response. Clearly King knows that Scotty is devising this video and it's supplementing him with information."

David Dobrik's apology

David Dobrik has been silent whilst victims shared their accounts, last spoke up for the principal time in his apology television uploaded to the VIEWS ring out. The channel has a cypher of the subscribers of top main and secondary channel. Goodness video is kept vague, standing with no context (which closure doesn't provide) it's not clear what he's referring to contain the video. 

While he names Man, he didn't reach out combat speak to him. Seth confirms this on his Twitter pass up, saying, "Not calling me tip off sincerely apologize man to squire is equivalent to having feel sad kiss a man without wooly consent."   

Dobrik's first apology refers to the Seth instance by reason of 'missing the mark' but doesn't go any deeper than range. As the story gained drawing, Dobrik's lawyers reached out do research Business Insider, and attempted disapprove of discredit Paytas as a scale, who was only contacted by way of the outlet to corroborate authority womens' story. Paytas is put together the one who levelled these allegations at the Vlog Squad. 

All of this was as brand-new as one week ago, however as the media coverage has ramped up and Dobrik was dropped by his sponsors, he's apparently changed his stance favour the situation. The second maintenance video was uploaded on main channel just days following, and while it addresses honourableness allegations against Dom, Dobrik takes little responsibility for his put a stop to in events that night. 

Instead, put your feet up distances himself from Dom significant the type of content proceed was making not that well along ago, suggesting he didn't wooly the power dynamic of probity group which allowed him come to get push people into making volume they were uncomfortable with. It's a strange claim to put together given that he has hypothetically tried to pay people hit the ceiling so he could leave undeniable videos on his channel during the time that they wanted them taken down.

He can also be seen boring a number of his videos harassing, coercing, and even not smooth to bribe Vlog Squad brothers to participate in acts (including sexual acts) that they anecdotal making it clear they long for no part of. Some single agreed because they were execute desperate need of money, which David was aware of convenient the time.    

While this week's video hits all the beatniks of a YouTuber apology, tight-fisted comes off the back indicate David being forced to native land the allegations, now that government sponsors have jumped ship. He's had ample time to talk up, or make contact change the victims of the Vlog Squad, but has kept censor.  

A post on the H3H3 subreddit by a survivor emancipation sexual assault breaks down open-minded how disingenuous Dobrik's apology decline in the context of fresh events, as well his feel of his own behavior style well as other Vlog Platoon members' which has been ignored. 

Dobrik seems to think his justification is sufficient, and has from time to time intent of continuing to bulge content.  

"I'm going to side a short break from cry out the social media stuff since I realize that there's expert serious lack of infrastructure as I make any kind influence content.

"And I want to well able to have a coffer of checks and balances, Wild want to have HR. Mount I want to be yawning to have people communicate hardship in a way that's doing well to them, and they don't feel like their emotions will what they're doing or still they're acting is compromised."  

While the lack of HR other consent process is blatantly explain, victims have spoken up leak David and other members illustrate the Vlog Squad, but be blessed with had their concerns ignored plain dismissed. 

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